Recipe type: Appetizers
Author: Jillian
Serves: 12
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/2 cup water
- 8 Tbsp unsalted butter
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 1 cup unbleached all purpose flour
- 4 large eggs
- 6 oz Gruyere cheese, grated
- 1 Tbsp fresh parsley, chopped
- 1 Tbsp fresh chives, chopped
- Sprinkle of salt on top, before they go into the oven
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
- Bring milk, butter, salt, and water to a boil in a 4-qt. saucepan over high heat.
- Add flour to saucepan
- Stir with wooden spoon until dough forms
- Reduce heat to medium
- Cook, stirring dough constantly with a wooden spoon, until slightly dried, about 2 minutes
- Scoop out into a bowl
- Using a hand mixer, beat in 1 egg until smooth. Repeat with remaining eggs, beating each one at a time, until dough is smooth
- Stir in herbs with wooden spoon or rubber spatula
- Stir in cheese with wooden spoon or rubber spatula
- Using a large tablespoon, drop balls of dough onto parchment paper, or Silpat lined sheet trays
- Sprinkle kosher salt on top of dough drops
- Place sheet tray in oven and reduce temperature to 375 degrees F.
- Bake about 30 minutes, or until golden brown
Recipe by Food Filled Life at http://foodfilledlife.com/2012/10/09/herbed-cheese-puffs/